The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-21

Ne Mercy for Pirates.

have several times heard my fother. who
was Lieutenant aboard OF H. M. 3. spitfre.
tell Of his adventures among the pirates who
| used to mako the coasts Of Arabia and Persia
such terror to seamen. 1t took many years
and plenty Of hard knocks to clear the seas OF
those gentry. and the crews Of the war ships
received more wounds than prize money. Ono
story In particular which hoard my fathor
tell several times over had a peculiar interest
for me. for had seen tho vessel spoken OF In
dock at Liverpool. l will give tho yarn In his
own language as near as can: -,
Islands to the Gull Of Xdcn, and We're just in.
sido the Island OF Socotra when, we picked up
"sdei a the on VIII Or " no so
yot I, mile away. How hc was preserved from
hin np ho was tp5ly surrounded by the h j..
counted lineteen cutting the water around his
font and could not believe TINT the ne p Sa
drawn drawn q down VIM II Providence ever makes
a special effort for poor humanity it made q
f to s sst s , Drawn
smelly aboard the boat, and when he had hnd o
glass Of grog we got his story. He hGd beo5
ton, but am not sure; saw her in Liverpo pool
on her stern was tho first American flag had
ever seen excent at 2 distance: This was the
| reason i rememD0TpQ ner ABOVE Oil otneTS.
into the Red Sea, and had come out with part
Of a cargo and was going up to Mirbat to finish
dhows This occurred the evening before, and
only twenty miles north of tho island, The At
two other merchantmen were in sight, The
dhows had been noticed lowering about, and
e ef hs srsw Of TIC sg could do to
defend themselves. They had o few old mus
| nh ri nr
The mate, knowing that all wns lost. had gone
and the wind and sea had drfted bin d fTn
the II ' Vessel had BEEN thoroughly Hiundored BY
ms 69 dsST zach Ss hn naf SIas as
getting rusty for the want Of work. .,,
strong and ready Grew. and the first thing
heays her to in the light wind and. transform
her from a taught and trim man;9f-war into {,
wss noa Tho hsa t%e we Made the
change to deceive the pirates, Inside OF three three
hours the best glass ABOARD q 81 dhoT e NxI
rom the Sarah jane Of New Bedord And
thon we beat up to the north for further her. news
pohinS Just at dar seena
| DARK coming OUT OF hSSuIu TepoEteu
bst yS en0N Mi Gi and the latter pace-a
place na could DO
going in there in the night. but We stood on tn
pretty we'll in to the coest and then prenarsd to
lay off and on. After mdnightwe got astitfiish
land breeze and had to run to sea, and 1t was
we'll that this hanpened so. When n, morning ri
Of mountains through the glass, and the breeze
was dead AGAINST vs. It was only vel an into
ont W. T set signal Of distress and pointed
the ships nose for tho Gulf. but we took good
care not to run toe fast .n .,,no nrev,o,. had
emboidened the pirates don't know what
sort Of n looking over they gave US from their
as to oar de G They did not
us on the start. probably intending to give
signal IL Of I distress become plain to them than
each dh1w altered her course and bore st5ralEhs
| It not their duty to hasten to our aid There
but hr sa in p Sse mad had she esas
at sa Thos lad scarcey
fore the Yankee mate recognized them as the
We had no ss
whole crew entered into the scheme with a
Mh maSo qead S
and long enough before the dhows wore up we
hs m eser WERE Kent in Shelter behind the bull
warks, and the pirates could see nothing to
ar? NE suspicion: 90 90 NM ,,on II hmm,
and mis ea Mfis carried fully forty men When tRey
aboard stem and stern but our capHtS hiEa did lid
Gould have no doubt of our ability TO clean out
tho GahG ne reEizea fha1 hum
DECKS With pistols and cutlssss meant death
and wounds to some OF our crew. just as tho
dhows separated our ports were knocked open.
we're EiYin: it to them hot and heavy.
to toG swallow them up. Each Of the. dhows had
couple Of cannon on deck r., but there was no
O. ea"s Trr soeei To uRneSs
them. and the first ,dhow had gone down be:
fore either OF the other two seemed to think OF
right through them and left terrible caps for
tho sea to p1ur in and In lust seven mi minutes
We got the order to cease firing
One dhow was, at the bottom; the second
beam end anu slowly turning turtle. Tho sur
vivors OF our cannonade were floating about
e tine esk D5 o seyen the
rcst had been pulled under by the shnrks,
to tho iSsst in Grea, school
Of an the t do%s seven worse looking villains
than those we picked up we're never seen in or
too too Having recovered from their shock OF
surprise. and compromising that a trick had
SSsn paysaf them the si esa e
how bad gang you got hold of,
| on sea land, some one of them
Will be ready to turn nose to save
his neck. It was 40 in this case. Six OF
the American brig, but tho seventh WAS willing
to tell al il i would save him from on the yard
been made away with, and that tho brig was
then lying IN the bay sno6en,o Of They were in
but had not YET begun the work having espied
| tho Spitfire and come out to investigate her.
He gave the number of mon aboard the three
| dhows ut no..
-" In those days tho CAPTAIN OF ono Of her
Majesty's vessels on a foreign station, or
might say. on a barbarous coast had things
much his own way B r fl. was , only over
arms, and informod tho six pirates that
their time had come Not man OF them
tered the word Klsmot lit Is fate. Each
man went to his death as calmly as II Il was an
the spectacle with as littlo concern as you
please. When the necks OF the six were well
| stretched the bodies we're lowered and sent TO
| alnrks. Thun we Rprucel lid q bit. headed In